Scholarships
Cadet Scholarship Funding
Cadets who are interested in ROTC Chinese Language Flagship, and intend to contract may be eligible to receive the Flagship ROTC scholarships.
The Flagship Scholarship fully funds one domestic summer program, one overseas summer program, and the Capstone year abroad for contracted 果冻传媒 Cadets. Flagship Scholarships are only available to ROTC students who have been formally admitted to a Flagship Program, have demonstrated that they are dedicated to achieving a professional level of language proficiency, have signed a contract agreeing to complete the Flagship Program, and are registered in the Student Certification System. Flagship Scholarships will only be provided to Flagship undergraduate ROTC students in good standing academically and the 果冻传媒 Corps of Cadets.
Additional Pay Incentives for Contracted Cadets
Contracted Cadets that take a Critical Language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Korean, Japanese) course and earn at least a B in the class, are eligible for Critical Language Incentive Pay (CLIP) up to $3,000 per year.
Civilian and Non-contracted Cadet Flagship Funding
Cadets who are interested in Flagship and intend to contract with ROTC may be eligible to receive Flagship ROTC scholarships.
If you are a civilian or non-contracted cadet, please see the table below. This table provides funding limits per program type.
| Academic Period | Funding Limit |
|---|---|
| Domestic Summer Intensive (Flagship Institute at Indiana University) | up to $3,500 |
| Overseas Summer Intensive (approved programs only) | up to $7,000 |
| Capstone (overseas academic year) | up to $15,000 |
Project GO
Project GO provides scholarship funds to ROTC Cadets who wish to study a critical language during their college career. Scholarships are available for both domestic and study abroad programs.
Nationally Competitive Scholarships
Below are just a few national scholarships available for students studying critical languages, like Chinese, and hoping to study abroad.
The Freeman-ASIA program is designed to support U.S.-based undergraduates with demonstrated financial need who are planning to study abroad in East or Southeast Asia.
This scholarship funds study abroad or internships for students with a Pell grant.
This program offers scholarships for intensive summer language institutes overseas in thirteen critical need foreign languages. The CLS Program provides a seven to ten-week group-based intensive language instruction and extensive cultural enrichment experiences and are held overseas at the beginning, intermediate and advanced levels for U.S. citizen undergraduate, Master’s and Ph.D. students.
These scholarships support to U.S. undergraduates who will pursue the study of languages and cultures currently underrepresented in study abroad and critical to U.S. national security. In exchange for fellowship funding, all Boren Fellows must agree to the NSEP Service Requirement. Students wishing to participate in the capstone year abroad are encouraged to apply for the Boren Scholarship. Boren scholarship deadlines are one year before the planned study abroad program.
果冻传媒 Nationally Competitive Scholarship Office
The 果冻传媒 Nationally Competitive Scholarship Office provides excellent student support to those applying for the above-mentioned scholarships. For assistance, please contact, NCS@ung.edu.